A major joint operation involving a ship at sea, the public and Jersey Harbours’ marine section crew has recovered a shipping container cast adrift in the storms.
It was first spotted early on Wednesday morning drifting off Long Beach.
The Coastguard Operation Room was kept updated of its ever-changing position and then used computer modelling to work out where it was when it disappeared from view in the heavy rain.
The Duke of Normandy boat eventually found the container north of Bouley Bay and then towed it into St Catherine’s Bay before being lifted onboard and brought back to St Helier.
Jersey Harbours said: “It as a real team effort in recovering the twenty foot container. Thank you to everyone involved.”
